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developed when Interactive Tools upgraded to a new content management system. The then Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin and Feargal Ó Móráin, Executive Director, Enterprise Ireland presenting Patricia Callan, Director of the Small Firms Association with an Innovation Voucher in July 2007. The marketing spiel was that Ireland as a nation showed itself to be innovative in 2007 when, as part of an innovation creation exercise, it became only the second ...

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At this moment, three trends in policy-making have a strong impact on artist space development: creative economy, historic preservation, and green development initiatives. Moreover, the creative economy initiatives tend to include policies for arts and culture districts, which directly affect artist space development. The creative economy is an evolving concept based upon a growing body of research that claims cultural assets are a key part in generating socio-economic growth and development. The concept has developed over the past ten years, its origins based in development strategies arising from cultural and technological ...

and dedicated to supporting the work of living American artists by the granting of cash awards, called USA Fellowships. It was founded in 2005 with initial funding from The Ford Foundation , The Rockefeller Foundation , The Prudential Foundation, and The Rasmuson Foundation . The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and receives additional funding from several major American foundations, corporate partners, and private citizens.

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It allows me to put my money where my heart is, so to speak, and that's in living a creative unbridled life. A life deeply committed to actualizing my full creative potential . I've come to realize this decision is a lifestyle, a journey more than a destination and I'm IN for the long haul. I admit, I was not always able to carry this knowing - not at first. In my early days, I suffered the shadow of the starving artist. I was constricted in lack. The shadows had me and didn't freely offer the illumination of creative wisdom . Through determination I expanded my knowing ... Read More

The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of public consideration. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders. Note: This report is available in its entirety in the Portable Document Format (PDF) . The text below is a portion of the complete document. "Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it." -- Berthold Brecht Throughout our history, artists in the U.S. have utilized their skills as a vehicle to illuminate the human condition, contribute to the ...
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Creativity in advertising does contribute to the bottom line as it seems to be making a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a campaign, it has been officially established in a recently released survey report. A unique analysis of IPA Effectiveness Awards and Gunn Report reveals the business power of creativity, according to which high levels of creativity make advertising campaigns at least 11 times more efficient. A new research study from the IPA and Thinkbox, in conjunction with The Gunn Report, has revealed the direct correlation between strong advertising creativity and business success. The study shows that the ...
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is that they are among the world's most creative people. Creativity, it seems, comes in all shapes and sizes. Today we need creativity more than ever, to transition to an economy that is low in carbon, and high on innovation. To make such a shift, we need to focus on investing in creativity : structurally, financially, and geographically. A truly creative economy will, I believe, be a clean energy economy too. To be sure, there are competing theories of creativity and innovation; how we drive and produce these in society is a contested theme. Richard Florida's now classic work on The Rise of the Creative Class , and on the
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Commentary: Companies expend a great deal of energy in establishing programs that eliminate waste, with the goal of reducing costs and ensuring consistent production of quality products or services. Many companies have also focused on reducing costs by lowering headcount or outsourcing work to lower-wage environments. But little is said about investing in people to exploit their talent and creativity. How many companies actually have a ‘human capital investment program’ that spends even a fourth of a normal capital program? By Maryam Komejan with Karin Hunter Johnson I recently spent a weekend visiting a small town in northern ...
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Creativity in advertising does contribute to the bottom line as it seems to be making a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a campaign, it has been officially established in a recently released survey report. A unique analysis of IPA Effectiveness Awards and Gunn Report reveals the business power of creativity, according to which high levels of creativity make advertising campaigns at least 11 times more efficient. A new research study from the IPA and Thinkbox, in conjunction with The Gunn Report, has revealed the direct correlation between strong advertising creativity and business success. The study shows that the ...
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Before: Recent grad Lindsay, 22, has an entry-level position at a textile company, and must move from fashion student to professional team player. It used to be that job seekers could rely on the fail-safe uniform of power suits and sensible shoes. Less was always more when it came to dressing for the interview, and showing up in anything statement-making was considered borderline risky. But have today's volatile job market and ailing economy changed the rules of the game? "People are so scared right now and so wanting a job that they are making the mistake of leaving their style out of the picture entirely," says ...
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This report presents the overall findings of Investing in Creativity: A ... Investing in Creativity, begun in 2000, makes contributions to the field on ...
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of a forum about America's artists and other cultural workers who are part of this country's real economy. Academics, foundation professionals, and service organization representatives will come together to discuss improving the collection and reporting of statistics about arts and cultural workers, and to develop future research agendas and approaches. Opening Remarks and introductions Joan Shigekawa , NEA Senior Deputy Chairman and Sunil Iyengar , NEA Director of Research & Analysis Panel One: What We Know About Artists and How We Know It NEA Research on Artists in the Workforce Tom Bradshaw, NEA Research Officer
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Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way is a twelve-week course in recovering creativity with wonderful encouragement and exercises. Her basic tools are to race through writing three pages first thing in the morning, take yourself out alone on an artist's date every week, and (in her other books) add daily walks, so those are great creativity habits--and her mini tasks are fun! Some clear out old beliefs that block creativity, and others introduce new tools. I find it necessary to work all I can, then allow the insights to pop up in what I call brain-in-neutral moments: driving, showering, walking. Exercise is powerful ...